Epsom salts + arsenic and heavy metals

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Hi all,

I just recently bought some Epsom salts here in Portugal and when I

looked at the batch analysis I was stunned to find arsenic and heavy

metals in the salts! There's all these characteristics; description,

pH-value, iron, etc and then there's this:

arsenic (As) mg/kg < 0,5 (maximum allowed 2,0)

heavy metals (as Pb) mg/kg <1,0 (maximum allowed 10,0)

Does anyone know if this a normal situation? It doesn't seem like a

good idea to be bathing in this even if the arsenic and heavy metal

quantities are minute.

Can anyone fill me in on this?

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